This translation of fashion to home is about the soft hues of the Ralph Lauren 2024 Resort Ballet Reverie: A Pas de Deux with Elegance, and the visually striking sculpture like a work of art. The fabrics and their textures and draping remind me of bas-relief delicately detailed plaster. The hues like the chalky, matte, hand-applied texture of plaster work.
The inspiration of the ballet in this collection speaks to me in the graceful flow of the fabrics and wispy details and embellishments. The way the fabrics drape and dance remind me of how neutral bas-relief dances off its surfaces.
This also takes me back to the deeply embossed wallpaper, Lincrusta created by Frederick Walton in 1877 originally finding its place from royal homes to railway carriages.
Who knew that your favorite ballet could choreograph your design plan? That a story told by dance or through fashion would hold its best performance on the walls or ceilings of your home. That a ballet dancer, a fashion designer, and interior design would all collide in a elegant interpretation.
Inspiration is not always that cartoon-ish shining light bulb above one's head. It comes from truly experiencing all life has to offer with all five senses. Understanding how this experience right now fits into our lives forever and how it is to become part of who we are - that is inspiration. A dance of congruence.
A design's history gets me every time. Imagine that ballet Comique de la Reine first performed in 1581, considered by ballet historians to be the first ballet, having anything in common with a revolutionary product invented in 1877 offering an alternative to labor-intensive plaster work evolving into a runway creation by a fashion icon for 2024. Now you know how my mind works, how inspiration connects the dots in my design mind.
I was not given the talent of dance, I couldn't begin to experiment with wood paste and gelled linseed oil and wonder what could be created if I spread that concoction on a paper base and rolled it between steel rollers to emboss it, I was not give the hands of a sculpturer and I wouldn't dare try to phantom the mind that is Ralph Lauren. But I do live out the inspiration these arts put in front of me and create beautiful spaces.
What will this runway show inspire in you? How will it translate through your innate talented soul? What will you author from it? A beautiful room awaits your dance.
This inspiration is speaking softly, without arrogance while still commanding attention. It's like sitting on the edge of your theater seat with your opera glasses in hand so you don't miss a thing. Even though you know you can't possibly describe the experience you are having in its entirety down to every goose bump. But knowing that you will find a way to relive the experience so it doesn't slip away. That is what you bring to life on a wall, on the ceiling overhead, on a piece of furniture, anywhere in your surroundings so it is forever present in some way for you.
Be inspired!
Source: Ralph Lauren, Vogue, Runway Magazine, Moda Operandi, House & Home, Alberto Pinto, Lincrusta, Wall Street Journal, Spruce & Pine, Samantha Farjo Design, Windows Weak, Lushome, Pigmentti, Architectural Digest, Theodore Alexander, Pinterest
